For women and girls who want to make a rock n' roll statement, alice + olivia is the label to wear. Exaggerated lines, bold colors and bright prints are what have made co-founder Stacey Bendet’s collection a hit across the globe. Though she started as a Web designer with a passion for pants—yes, pants—Bendet created her own collection because she noticed that no one was making the kind of well-cut bottoms with stand-out prints she was looking for. Her thinking: if she wanted them, wouldn't everyone else? Bendet got her answer after unveiling a 20-item collection at a show at the Russian Tea Room: Only weeks later, she and her original partner, Rebecca Matchett received an order from Barneys for 100 pairs of pants.

Now partnering with Theory founder Andrew Rosen, Bendet is a world-class designer whose funky, classy-punk pieces feature in five freestanding boutiques and more than 800 stores, including Harrods, Bergdorf Goodman and of course, Barneys. Alice + olivia encompasses women’s and kids’ collections, swimwear and cashmere sweaters and a menswear line called anthony + mo.